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Jeet Heer at The New Republic writes—The Perversion of Pepe the Frog: In hijacking the amphibian character, the alt-right is defiling a great tradition of racial commentary in cartoons:
Pepe the Frog is all over the internet these days, usually in obnoxious or outright racist tweets by anonymous trolls of the alt-right—and sometimesby Donald Trump and his son. The fictional cartoon character has become an unofficial mascot of sorts for the Republican nominee’s campaign.read more

The Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday named the popular “Pepe the Frog” internet meme a hate symbol.
The meme, which originated from a 2005 cartoon, has been hijacked by the alt-right movement in the past several months. Members o...

Dror Ladin is a staff attorney at the ACLU National Security Project. He writes—ACLU Lawyers Will Get to Question Ex-CIA Officials in Torture Case:
In a critical step towards accountability, a federal judge has ordered that former ...

A photo posted by Donald Trump Jr. (@donaldjtrumpjr) on Sep 10, 2016 at 7:18pm PDT
Pepe the Frog is all over the internet these days, usually in obnoxious or outright racist tweets by anonymous trolls of the alt-right—and sometimes ...